October 28, 2021
ATLANTA – Through the “ Postcolonial Karma ” exhibit, artist Lisa Tuttle speaks to today’s issues of gender, race and class while stirring conversation about the true meaning behind the idols and images that define the...
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October 27, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement reflecting on the third anniversary of the white nationalist attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue. “Today...
October 27, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The federal judge presiding over the case of G.H. v. Tamayo, a statewide challenge to the Department of Juvenile Justice’s use of solitary confinement, has ruled that the case can proceed as a class action...
October 26, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) launched the first episode in the third season of its Sounds Like Hate podcast series today. Through personal stories of individual voters and activists, this premiere...
October 22, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Efrén C. Olivares, Deputy Legal Director for the Immigrant Justice Project, in response to reports that Texas National Guard troops...
October 21, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Southern states’ failure to prioritize public education has an outsized impact on students of color and students living in or near poverty, a new study released today by Education Law Center (ELC) and the...
October 21, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Innovation Law Lab (Law Lab) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s decision to end Trump-era case completion quotas for immigration...
October 21, 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – As educators grapple with the latest attempt s to shift the historical narrative about race in classroom lessons , Learning for Justice released a new episode this week on its Teaching Hard History podcast to...
October 21, 2021
Montgomery, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Ben Salk, Senior Staff Attorney, following the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to reverse a federal judge’s April 2020 order ,...
October 19, 2021
ATLANTA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday ruled against Rosemary McCoy and Sheila Singleton, clients in the McCoy v. DeSantis lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that challenges...
October 15, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project, responding to the Biden administration’s plan to...
October 15, 2021
ATLANTA – T oday, the U.S . District Court for the Northern District of Georgia denied a request for emergency relief t hat would require the Cobb County School District to follow guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and...
October 14, 2021
ROME, Ga. – Several Black students at Coosa High School are facing suspension for planning a protest in response to fellow classmates who waved a Confederate flag and yelled racial slurs on school property last week. Although...
October 13, 2021
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a non-government organization (NGO) that acts as a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, announced it is releasing a Request for Proposal (RFP) today seeking partners for a...
October 13, 2021
October 13, 2021, New York ‒ Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding information about the U.S. government’s wrongful deportation of asylum seekers to Cameroon, where a civil...
October 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In conjunction with today’s House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, “ Domestic Violent Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans ,” the Southern Poverty Law Center released a searing inside look at the...
October 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Immigrant Justice Project, in response to the new Department of Homeland Security...
October 01, 2021
ATLANTA – The Cobb County School District’s failure to implement and enforce recommended safety protocols to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in it s schools unlawfully den ies students with disabilities access to a safe , in-person...
September 30, 2021
MONTGOMERY, AL – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today launched TechWatch , a new resource which tracks the role technology plays in perpetuating hate. The first feature series to launch on this new page is a...
September 30, 2021
MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement by AJ Hernandez Anderson, a senior supervising attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project responding to Gov. DeSantis’ latest Executive Order...
September 27, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — While the South still leads the nation in schools named after Confederate generals, the Southern Poverty Law Center is calling on non-Southern states to rename schools honoring Confederate leaders. Currently...
September 24, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) refutes Governor Tate Reeves’ attempts at downplaying the impact of COVID-19 in Mississippi, as the state recently ranked the highest per capita in the nation of COVID-...
September 24, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Recently, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled to largely uphold a state preservation law that will keep Confederate statues in place and thwart the will of communities that want to remove these dehumanizing...
September 23, 2021
ATLANTA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and two Atlanta area law firms are demanding the Cobb County School District immediately implement COVID-19 safety protocols in their schools to protect the rights of students with...
September 22, 2021
MIAMI - A federal court ruled that key sections of Florida’s anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state’s anti-immigrant policy...
